Dr. Dobb's Tools http://drdobbs.com//tools Dr. Dobb's Copyright 2011, United Business Media. en-us Iterators and iostreams http://drdobbs.com/blogs/cpp/232600539 In a previous post, I bemoaned the fact that the C++ iterators that perform stream I/O use the insertion and extraction operators, making them unsuitable for binary data compression. It looks like I spoke too soon. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500 Transactional Synchronization in Haswell http://drdobbs.com/go-parallel/blogs/parallel/232600598 Intel TSX provides a set of instruction-set extensions that allow programmers to specify regions of code for transactional synchronization Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:43:00 -0500 Working with Dropbox http://drdobbs.com/tools/232600482 Dropbox client applets allow only basic functionality for interacting with the file storage service. To get the full breadth of capabilities, you'll need to use their SDK and write your own code Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:48:00 -0500 Project of the Month: TestNG http://drdobbs.com/testing/232600389 Not every coder uses xUnit frameworks for testing. Many prefer TestNG, which gets around xUnit limitations, supports testing at multiple levels (unit, functional, integration, end-to-end), and greatly facilitates data-driven tests. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:31:00 -0500 DataStax: New Windows and OS X Support For Cassandra http://drdobbs.com/tools/232600357 Cassandra healthy due to linear scalability, multi-data center support, and dynamic schema capabilities Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:06:00 -0500 Hydra 4 Sharpens Its Teeth, Breathes New Fire http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/232600273 Major new release for .NET/Delphi cross-platform application framework Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:22:00 -0500 Compuware Updates Mainframe Workbench http://drdobbs.com/tools/232600272 New programmer tools for development and testing in mainframe arenas Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:48:00 -0500 New C/C++ Interpreter: Ch 7.0 and Embedded Ch 7.0 http://drdobbs.com/tools/232600196 SoftIntegration releases interpreter for cross-platform scripting Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:34:00 -0500 Keeping A Healthy Tech Diet http://drdobbs.com/blogs/tools/232600021 Having spent the last six months using iOS as my primary mobile platform, I decided to live in the Android world for a spell. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:33:13 -0500 Intel Cluster Studio XE 2012 and Hybrid MPI/OpenMP Applications: Optimize Up To the Node Level http://drdobbs.com/go-parallel/blogs/parallel/232600105 Intel Cluster Studio XE 2012 provides an MPI hybrid development suite that targets developers on high-performance clusters. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:55:00 -0500 Canadian Dragons: Komodo 7 Is Snappy IDE http://drdobbs.com/cloud/232600103 Collaborative editing and cloud development in Mojolicious and many others Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:41:00 -0500 Massively Parallel Automated Debugging On IBM Blue Gene http://drdobbs.com/parallel/232600102 Rogue Wave delivers early access version of TotalView Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:24:00 -0500 Is SmartBear Smarter Than The Average Code Review? http://drdobbs.com/tools/232600014 New GUI and flexible workflow technology with streamlined automation Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:07:00 -0500 Using Bluetooth http://drdobbs.com/mobile/232500828 Trying to communicate with a remote device with no other familiar protocol? Bluetooth provides an easy answer with well-documented specs and straightforward programming APIs. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:33:00 -0500 Windows 8 and Metro: The World Without Browser Plug-ins http://drdobbs.com/windows/232500815 Abandoning plug-ins will make browsers better and coding easier Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:36:00 -0500 Vectorization with Parallel Composer XE http://drdobbs.com/go-parallel/article/parallel/232500630 Noah Clemons gives a demonstration on High Productivity Vectorization Models at SC11 using Parallel Composer XE. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:06:00 -0500 Nvidia Speeds GPU Computations For Geophysicists http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/232500594 Automated performance for CUDA C/C++/Fortran application acceleration with extra signal processing Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:53:00 -0500 Low-Cost, Low-Power Servers Begin Their Ascent http://drdobbs.com/go-parallel/article/tools/232500406 As the cloud is quickly demonstrating, small, seemingly underpowered servers are quite enough for most development tasks. Buying one of these low-cost, low-power units makes clear how much developer-friendlier they are than datacenter solutions Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:55:00 -0500 Developer's Reading List http://drdobbs.com/tools/232500396 The latest books off the press cover code readability, Java performance, hunting for and prying open security defects, game testing, architecture, and even OpenVMS. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:18:00 -0500 AT&T Developer Diagnostic Tool Tunes and Tweaks http://drdobbs.com/mobile/232500342 Deep insight optimization that works as a two-part tool Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:58:00 -0500 Zend Server 5.6 Now Supports Mac OS X http://drdobbs.com/tools/232500263 New Apple developer tool for RAD web programming using PHP Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:41:00 -0500 Capacitive Coupling Demo http://drdobbs.com/mobile/232500486 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:40:00 -0500 The CoreInfo 3.03 Utility Provides Detailed Intel Instruction Sets http://drdobbs.com/go-parallel/blogs/parallel/232500209 The newest version of CoreInfo provides a detailed summary of all the instructions sets that the CPUs found on the system support. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:05:00 -0500 Source Code Analysis: Spellchecker-Style http://drdobbs.com/tools/232500098 Klocwork 9.5 is on-the-fly source code analysis Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:33:00 -0500 Low-Power ARM-Based Build Server Delivers http://drdobbs.com/tools/232400398 Nvidia's low-power, low-cost, ARM-based Trim-Slice is easy to set up and run, and it delivers as a build server. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:24:05 -0500